🔀complicate

verb
/ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪt/

Meaning

To make something more difficult or confusing.

Example Sentences

The new rules will only complicate the process.

Synonyms

confuse, entangle, muddle, perplex

Antonyms

simplify, clarify, ease

Collocations

complicate matters, complicate life, further complicate, unnecessarily complicate

More Example Sentences

We were lost in a complicated conversation.

The matter is not as complicated as it seems.

This is a complicated matter, perhaps we can discuss it separately later.

Related Vocabularies

To increase or become three times as much.
to make someone lose confidence, courage, or composure
to complete or accomplish something, especially a task or promise
to bring something to a conclusion or stop
past tense of 'come'
to take liquid into the mouth and swallow it

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